Role Of Conflict In Romeo And Juliet Essay

Conflicts make the world go around, but when is conflict reaching the point where family relationships are affected? In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, both the Montague and Capulet families experience conflicts that in return, leave long lasting effects on their families. While many people may argue that the feuding between the families in the play cannot be used as a relative argument, Shakespeare uses this to prove that conflicts often do not need to be taken to extremes. When conflicts are taken to these extremes, family relationships are often times injured in the process of resolving the issue. Not only does this appear many places in the past, the same problem of conflicts reaching extremes still happens, and happens quite often, in the modern world. In many cases, parents and children have different views on these conflicts, which causes their
These deaths that occur appear in, and greatly impact, both the Montague and Capulet families. When Romeo first appears at the Capulet party, Tybalt instantaneously notices him, and becomes quite angry. Tybalt runs to Lord Capulet, to see he can be granted to permission to remove of Romeo. Lord Capulet responds surprisingly well to the news of Romeo arriving at the party. “Content thee gentle coz. Let him alone.” States Capulet in act 1 scene 5. However, Tybalt has a different opinion on what should happen to Romeo. Because of Tybalt’s differing opinion, he later, in act 3 scene 1, finds Romeo and proceeds to throw insults around. Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, becomes angry at Tybalt for insulting his best friend, and decides to fight with Tybalt. Romeo disagrees with this decision and tries to break up the fight. Mercutio ends up being stabbed by Tybalt, and then out of anger Romeo kills Tybalt. Because all of these characters had differing opinions, lives were lost, leaving long lasting effects on both